Black
"Black" in Arabic
أسود
ʔaswad
(absorbing all light)
أَسْوَد
ʔaswad
(absorbing all light)
أَسْوَد
ʔaswad
(relating to people with dark skin — see also dark-skinned link= A user suggests that this Translingual entry be cleaned up, giving the reason: “e.g. Dutch: neger (nl) m, negerin (nl) f and German: Schwarzer (de) m, Schwarze (de) f aren't translations of the adjective, but of the noun for which see below.” Please see the discussion on Requests for cleanup(+) for more information and remove this template after the problem has been dealt with.)
أَسْوَد
ʔaswad
(bad; evil)
اسود
eswid
(absorbing all light)
حَامِيّ
ḥāmiyy
(relating to people with dark skin — see also dark-skinned link= A user suggests that this Translingual entry be cleaned up, giving the reason: “e.g. Dutch: neger (nl) m, negerin (nl) f and German: Schwarzer (de) m, Schwarze (de) f aren't translations of the adjective, but of the noun for which see below.” Please see the discussion on Requests for cleanup(+) for more information and remove this template after the problem has been dealt with.)
زَنْجِيّ
zanjiyy
(relating to people with dark skin — see also dark-skinned link= A user suggests that this Translingual entry be cleaned up, giving the reason: “e.g. Dutch: neger (nl) m, negerin (nl) f and German: Schwarzer (de) m, Schwarze (de) f aren't translations of the adjective, but of the noun for which see below.” Please see the discussion on Requests for cleanup(+) for more information and remove this template after the problem has been dealt with.)
زِنْجِيّ
zinjiyy
(relating to people with dark skin — see also dark-skinned link= A user suggests that this Translingual entry be cleaned up, giving the reason: “e.g. Dutch: neger (nl) m, negerin (nl) f and German: Schwarzer (de) m, Schwarze (de) f aren't translations of the adjective, but of the noun for which see below.” Please see the discussion on Requests for cleanup(+) for more information and remove this template after the problem has been dealt with.)
سود
swad
(absorbing all light)
سَوْدَاء
sawdāʔ
(absorbing all light)
سُود
sūd
(absorbing all light)
كحل
kḥal
(absorbing all light)
أسود
ʔaswad
(colour/color)
أَسْوَد
ʔaswad
(colour/color)
أَسْوَد
ʔaswad
(dark-skinned person — see also Negro)
زَنْجِيّ
zanjiyy
(dark-skinned person — see also Negro)
زِنْجِيّ
zinjiyy
(dark-skinned person — see also Negro)
سَوْدَاء
sawdāʔ
(dark-skinned person — see also Negro)
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